A simple CAD method for constructing sand-heap formations as an analogous...
A brief review is presented of the sand-heap analogy as a means of determining the ultimate plastic torque capacity of a ductile metallic prismatic bar of known cross-section. A novel method using an...
View ArticlePhysical unsharp mask with structured detection
We present a method to implement physically an unsharp mask filter in an imaging system. The idea is based on the use of a spatially periodic variation in the detection efficiency of an area detector....
View ArticleResearch on electrical discharge machining of polycrystalline diamond
The non-contact process of Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) eliminates cutting forces, and is regarded as the most effective process to machine polycrystalline diamond (PCD). However, the EDM...
View ArticleThe accommodation challenges of international students
In recent years, the number of international students has grown sharply in Australian higher education institutions; and trade in education services has brought substantial benefits to Australia....
View ArticleMultidisciplinary analysis and parametric optimisation of box-wing aircraft...
A conceptual design analysis methodology and toolchain was developed for multidisciplinary analysis of box-wing aircraft. This methodology was applied to investigate the effect of wing geometry...
View ArticleImproving assessment and risk-based management of freshwater salinisation
Salinisation is a common and increasingly threatening environmental stressor to freshwater ecosystems globally. Despite this, there is a lack of environmentally relevant data on the effects of...
View ArticleThe behaviour of Australian financial planners
Behavioural finance literature argues that behavioural biases affect an individual’s decision making. This research delves deeper into such behavioural biases (also known as mental or psychological...
View ArticleIdentification of re-finding tasks and search difficulty
We address the problem of identifying if users are attempting to re-find information and estimating the level of difficulty of the re-finding task. Identifying re-finding tasks and detecting search...
View ArticleLiving on the line: a search for shared landscapes
There is no denying boundary walls exist in China and have bearings on the socio-economic, psychological, and corporeal spaces of those who live within the walls and those who are outside them. Indeed,...
View ArticleAttracting foreign direct investment: a critical analysis of Vietnam's...
Developing government policies and a business environment aimed at boosting foreign direct investment (FDI) and attaining a certain pattern and quality of FDI inflows has not always produced the...
View ArticleDancing with death: young people’s pathways in and out of substance abuse
Many young people use alcohol and other drugs (AOD), but few do so to the point that professional intervention is required. This research sought to answer the question of how some young people come to...
View ArticleWearable sensor technologies applied for post-stroke rehabilitation
Stroke is a common cerebrovascular disease that is recognized as one of the leading causes of death and ongoing disability around the globe. Stroke can lead to losses of various body functions...
View ArticleTell me something: unlearning common noisy wild urban birds through...
Pigeons, seagulls and corvids (crows and ravens) live in great numbers in most cities around the world. Their presence is universal as well as local. They are gregarious, loud and social and their...
View ArticleMultifunctional structural composite battery
The overall aim of this PhD project is to advance the science and technology of multifunctional structural composite battery (MSCB) by performing an in-depth investigation into their mechanical and...
View ArticleTheoretical and numerical studies on transport of gaseous contaminants in...
As far as indoor air quality (IAQ) is concerned, there are three types of airborne contaminants: gaseous contaminants, particulate contaminants and biological contaminants, and gaseous contaminants are...
View ArticleThe presence of absence: conceptualising absence in the city through...
This practice-led research project investigates sites of absence in three cities: New York (USA), Varanasi (India) and Shanghai (China). The ‘presence of absence’ is examined in these sites by means of...
View ArticleThe art of learning: games, players, UCC and paratext
With the rise of participatory culture and Web 2.0, what constitutes gaming and its attendant forms of skill has dramatically expanded. Participatory media heralds new forms of engagement inside and...
View ArticleUse of the Base of the Pyramid model to achieve the United Nations Millennium...
Within the framework of a qualitative case study of Business for Millennium Development (B4MD), an Australian-based non-governmental organisation, this thesis examines how the United Nations (UN)...
View ArticleReinventing a sense of place. Crete and the jewellery object
Jewellery objects are often created within a context that mirrors the time and space in which they are made, and they increasingly contribute to practices that investigate place and identity. This...
View Article'Do it yourself future construction': the deregulated self
This thesis explores the convergence of four different ‘bios’ (biology, biopolicy, biotechnology and the biosphere) and the way their imminent and accelerating interaction results in a closed system...
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